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Francesca Dego, Francesca Leonardi

Suite Italienne

Deutsche Grammophon

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1 Respighi - Violin Sonata in B minor for violin and piano / Moderato  
2 Andante espressivo  
3 Passacaglia. Allegro moderato ma energico  
4 Castelnuovo-Tedesco - Ballade Op. 107 for violin and piano  
5 Stravinsky - Suite Italienne from 'Pulcinella' for violin and piano / Allegro moderato  
6 Serenata. Larghetto  
7 Tarantella. Vivace  
8 Gavotta con due variazioni  
9 Scherzino  
10 Minuetto e Finale  
11 Castelnuovo-Tedesco - Rosina for violin and piano from Il Barbiere di Siviglia by Gioachino Rossini  
12 Figaro for violin and piano from Il Barbiere di Siviglia by Gioachino Rossini  
13 Violetta for violin and piano from La Traviata by Giuseppe Verdi  
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Francesca Dego releases a world premiere recording of three works by Italian composer Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, brought to light by Dego and the composer's granddaughter from his unpublished and unperformed works at the Library of Congress. The album features Castelnuovo-Tedesco's Ballade, written for and premiered by Tossy Spivakovsky in 1940, and the composer's violin paraphrases of operas by Rossini and Verdi as well as Stravinsky's Suite Italienne and Respighi's Violin Sonata in B minor.

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